Usage:
Whetstone Branch Shale (MS)
Geologic age:
Devonian, Late
Mississippian
Kinderhookian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In Tishomingo Co., in middle part of Whetstone Branch, which enters Tennessee River about 3.5 mi above TN State line and mouth of Yellow Creek (Morse, 1930).
AAPG geologic province:
Black Warrior basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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